New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania
Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory
New Zealand
If you hold one of the exact external licences listed below, you can work within the scope of that licence in Queensland without having to apply for a Queensland electrical work licence.
If you do not hold one of the exact licences listed below you will need to lodge an applicable Mutual recognition declaration for interstate applicants (PDF, 79 KB) or New Zealand applicants (PDF, 79KB) as well as the relevant application form:
New South Wales
Office of Fair Trading (non-Queensland Government link)
Qualified supervisor certificate electrician (endorsed Q")
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Victoria
Energy Safe Victoria (non-Queensland Government link)
Electrician’s licence
Unrestricted electrical mechanic’s licence
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
South Australia
Office of Consumer and Business Affairs (non-Queensland Government link)
Workers registration electrical "scope: any electrical work"
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Tasmania
Electricity Standards and Safety (non-Queensland Government link)
Electrical technician’s licence
=
Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Western Australia
Energy Safety WA (non-Queensland Government link)
‘A’ Grade electrical workers licence endorsed ‘All electrical work’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
‘A’ Grade electrical workers licence endorsed ‘electrical mechanic’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
‘A’ Grade electrical workers licence endorsed ‘electrical fitter and mechanic’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
‘A’ Grade electrical workers licence endorsed ‘electrical fitter’
= Electrical fitter (Queensland)
Australian Capital Territory
ACT Planning and Land Authority (non-Queensland Government link)
Electrician’s licence grade ‘A’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Northern Territory
Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board (non-Queensland Government link)
Electrical workers licence endorsed ‘electrical mechanic’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Electrical workers licence endorsed ‘electrical fitter and mechanic’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Electrical workers licence endorsed ‘electrical fitter’
= Electrical fitter (Queensland)
New Zealand
Electrical Workers Registration Board, New Zealand (non-Queensland Government link)
Practising licence for ‘registered electrician’
= Electrical mechanic (Queensland)
Last updated 22 July 2008
Licence Recognition (non-Queensland Government link)
This website allows the user to look up a licence entitlement in another jurisdiction, based on the currently-held licence. Set up as a result of states, territories and the Commonwealth working together through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).